Sunday, August 23, 2015

Your Moment Is Here


Be grateful that in this amazing swirl of all the events in the universe that are happening right now, you, in this very instant, have the privilege to choose.  And in some ways it doesn’t matter about any or all of the mistakes you have made, or even, remarkably, the mistakes that have been done to you.  The tipping point is if you will be courageous enough to believe that you can.  In THIS moment you can choose to be whatever kind of man or woman you want to be.

You are on a new page of your book.  The story doesn’t have to continue in the same trail of the previous pages.  Sometimes we are so in the flow of the story we are in that we forget there is a wider picture available. 

We do have a choice.  We can choose how to respond to the situations around us and determine our actions, and anything we want of that nature is possible.  We will not do it perfectly, but when we mess up, when we hurt someone and regret it, an “I was wrong” or “I am so sorry” are words that are in the pocket of every human being where we can reach for them, pull them out,  and speak them.  And mean them.

Please choose carefully who you want to be.  Be honest with yourself.  Be truthful with others. Be humble.  Be understanding of the battles that others face, but also expectant enough to know that more good can happen in the world and that you can influence it.

Always be ready to learn more—it is one of the most precious and overlooked gifts, and to be willing to plumb deeper into the workings of who you are and what causes you to move in any “less than what is possible” kind of way.  You being “you” doesn’t have to come with disqualifiers and excuses.  Being a human being comes with dazzling options and rich possibilities.  Most of us never get around to taking hold of them.

The will is so very powerful.  Decide.  Then go and splash in the puddles of it and twirl in that kind of life.  Joy and purpose await you.  

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